The name Ichthus comes from the Greek IXOYE which is an acronym for Iesous Christos, Theou Yios, Soter.
Translated from the Greek IXOYE means "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour".
Due to the cork wearing down when the clarinet is being assembled, this will happen (even with regular greasing). The only way around this is to have new corks fitted to the clarinet (but this rarely happens)
This article was published on Wednesday 11 April, 2007.